FACTOID # 10: In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
 
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Europe > Italy > Labor

ITALIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 4% [48th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 6% [58th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 16.41 % Time series [46th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 91596000000 Time series
Days off work 59 days [10th of 20]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 0.33 [88th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 25.91 [127th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 69.6 [111st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 81.59 [87th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 83.63 [86th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 82.4 [96th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 78.46 [109th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 72.9 [118th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 61.07 [144th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 42.21 [157th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 20.01 [151st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 3.76 [156th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 0.38 [91st of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 28.54 [129th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 73.56 [160th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 90.8 [161st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.53 [124th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 97.65 [80th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 97.2 [70th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 95.16 [109th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 84.16 [154th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 64.53 [155th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 31.9 [149th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 6.59 [152nd of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 0.27 [90th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 23.14 [117th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 65.45 [80th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 71.99 [75th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 70.4 [82nd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 66.87 [95th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 59.65 [107th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 50.91 [113rd of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 38.53 [123rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 21.07 [144th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 9.28 [149th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 1.81 [151st of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 3.3 % Time series [35th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 4.8 % Time series [41st of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 17.5 % Time series [20th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 39.1 % Time series [10th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 79.2 % Time series [26th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 56 % Time series [23rd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 4.2 % Time series [42nd of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 30.7 % Time series [9th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 65.1 % Time series [28th of 94]
employment rate > Source / date of > information 2003 OECD .
Employment rate of highly educated women 78.7% [17th of 18]
Employment rate of lesser educated women 35.8% [17th of 18]
Female decision makers 19% [58th of 67]
Female doctors 30.2% [12th of 18]
Female economic activity 38.3% [125th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 6% [62nd of 156]
Female professionals 44% [54th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 1.7 weeks of wages Time series [164th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 50.12 % Time series [131st of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 74.33 % Time series [158th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 62.24 % Time series [146th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 46.7 % Time series [6th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 40.2 % Time series [26th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 11.9 % Time series [35th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 40.05 % Time series [113rd of 184]
force, total 24,439,710 Time series [22nd of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.417 per capita Time series [123rd of 184]
Foreign labor force 3.6 [14th of 23]
Gender division of housework 1.74 [12th of 13]
Hours worked 1,591 hours [6th of 9]
Industrial workers > Female 21% [21st of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 39% [13th of 79]
Labor force 24,740,000 Time series [19th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 425,468.006 per million people Time series [75th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 5%, industry 32%, services 63%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 5% Time series [16th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 32% Time series [3rd of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 63% Time series [4th of 29]
Long term unemployment 6.5% [2nd of 27]
Long term unemployment > Share 63.4% [1st of 28]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 58.2 % Time series [2nd of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 58.9 % Time series [3rd of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 57.5 % Time series [2nd of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date July 28, 1981
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [62nd of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
22 weeks (5 months) (80%) 2 before birth
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave 13 weeks (3 months) (80%)
Parental leave > Restrictions
For paid leave, job contract must include social contributions (INPS)
Parental leave > Unpaid maternity leave
Maximum 26 weeks (6 months) (total for both parents maximum 44 weeks (10 months))
Parental leave > Unpaid paternity leave
Maximum 26 weeks (6 months) (total for both parents maximum 44 weeks (10 months))
Regulation 59 [43rd of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 62 [85th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 40 [55th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 76 [12th of 123]
Researchers in labor force 33 per 10000 people [18th of 18]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date May 13, 1958
Rigidity of employment index 54 Time series [36th of 166]
Seafarers' Pensions Convention > Ratification Date April 10, 1962
Service workers > Female 74% [43rd of 79]
Service workers > Male 55% [33rd of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 41.3 % Time series [79th of 174]
Strikes 76 [9th of 27]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 1,346.71 per million people Time series [7th of 49]
Temporary employment share 10.1% [15th of 26]
Total work time > Females 470 minutes [8th of 29]
Total work time > Females over males 128% [2nd of 29]
Total work time > Males 367 minutes [24th of 29]
Trade union membership 35% [8th of 18]
Unemployment 10.3% [1st of 18]
Unemployment and education > Tertiary 5.9% [1st of 18]
Unemployment and education > Upper secondary 7.4% [4th of 18]
Unemployment benefit as % of GDP 0.7 % of GDP [14th of 18]
Unemployment benefit replacement 7 [20th of 20]
Unemployment gender ratio 180% [3rd of 30]
Unemployment rate 6.2% Time series [49th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 45.6 % Time series [34th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 36.7 % Time series [39th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 7.5 % Time series [62nd of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 8.8 % Time series [56th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 6 % Time series [58th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 10.5 % Time series [31st of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 6.4 % Time series [47th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 8 % Time series [40th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 27.4 % Time series [14th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 20.7 % Time series [12th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 23.4 % Time series [12th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
20-30 days plus 12 public holidays
Work time > Market-oriented 45% [29th of 29]
Work Time > More than 40 hours 63.8% [5th of 18]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 55% [2nd of 29]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 5,815,000,000 $ Time series [8th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 3.299 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [83rd of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 99.22 $ per 1,000 people Time series [33rd of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 2,398,000,000 $ Time series [31st of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 1.361 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [138th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 40.917 $ per capita Time series [92nd of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 289,984,300 BoP $ Time series [52nd of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.165 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [86th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 4.948 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [77th of 143]
Working mothers 47 [15th of 23]
Working time to buy a car 989 hours [13th of 16]
Working time to buy a refrigerator 33 hours [9th of 15]
Working time to buy a television set 44 hours [3rd of 15]
Working time to buy beef 76 minutes [7th of 16]
Working time to buy bread 12 minutes [4th of 16]
Working time to buy chicken 33 minutes [3rd of 16]
Working time to buy fish 66 minutes [5th of 15]
Working time to buy milk 9 minutes [1st of 16]
Workplace safety > Dangerous Countries to Work In the EU > Fatalities 427 [2nd of 15]
Workplace safety in the EU > Fatalities 2.8 per 100,000 employees [8th of 15]
Youth unemployment 29.7% [3rd of 30]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; OECD; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; Wikipedia: List of countries by employment rate ; OECD Employment Outlook 2002, p.74; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; OECD Health Data 2002 (CD ROM) available year for Australia, Japan = 1998; Denmark = 1995; 1980 figures for Canada and France are interpolated; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; OECD; Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; OECD; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; Wikipedia: Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 ; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; OECD, Employment Outlook 2002 ; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002; World Health Organization; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002); Wikipedia: Workplace safety ;

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